77. Erosion (3)
77. Erosion (3)
It takes a little time for the Centipede Creature to erode the brain.
If I just wanted to make a zombie-like thing, I could just shove an Evolute's tentacle into the brain, but Viviant is too precious for that.
'Hurry up and get eroded so you can join my Hive Mind.'
Viviant, who is out of her mind with the centipede inside her brain and spinal cord.
"Her breasts are really pretty."
Of course, my breasts are much more beautiful and larger, but since I'm strictly speaking not human, that's beside the point.
Viviant is a human who came from Earth, just like me.
She must have been quite popular when she was on Earth.
Enough to work as an influencer or an actress.
Viviant isn't just pretty in the face. Viviant, who is currently naked.
Her chest and genital area were also clean.
I was curious for a moment, so I took a quick peek at Viviant's genitals.
'Oh... this is unexpected?'
I don't know much about the existence of women, but I can tell just by looking that that's a hymen.
A Westerner with that look and body, and she's still a virgin? She's truly an amazing human.
'If I were a man, would I have had sex with her like this?'
Although I have a body that feels pleasure and excitement, I have no desire to violate a human or engage in a relationship.
If I had such desires in the first place, I would have been fucking Amber all day long already.
But maybe it's because I'm a Queen of Creatures now, not a human, but I have no sexual desire.
Clearly, my memories and personality from my human days still remain.
Even now, when I trace back my memories of Earth, I remember them vividly.
Work, graduation, university, high school, middle school, elementary school, kindergarten, infant...?
All my memories from my human days feel so vivid.
'Did I originally have such a good memory? Did it get better because my brain is a Queen's brain, not a human's?'
I thought I knew a bit about what it means to be a Queen now, but there are still so many things I don't know.
'I don't know. Either way, I have to live as a Queen now, and since I have a body that's nearly immortal, I'll figure it out as time goes by.'
Thinking 'I'll know eventually,' I brushed it off and closed the eyes of Viviant, who was in front of me, so she could sleep comfortably.
==
"Hiiik!"
Viviant woke up with her eyes wide open.
"Haa...! Haa...!"
"Are you awake?"
At the female voice coming from beside her, Viviant turned her head to look at the woman who had spoken to her.
<Information>
Name: Kwak Narim
Race: Human
Affiliated Nation: Padix
Affiliated Organization: -
Gender: Female (24)
Height/Weight: 161.2cm / 51.5kg
Alignment: Neutral/Good
<Stats>
Strength: 11
Durability: 8
Agility: 10
Stamina: 15
Mana: 3
<Unique Ability>
Gourmet
'A human?'
Viviant let out a sigh of relief as soon as she saw Narim in front of her.
"How are you feeling?"
"I-I'm fine."
Viviant calmly looked around.
The room, which was quite flashy and spacious, looked like the room of royalty or a Pope.
'What on earth is going on...'
With the scenery changing every time she opened her eyes, Viviant's head became complicated.
'Wait a minute.'
Viviant grabbed her head with both hands.
Her last memory was something burrowing into her ear.
Viviant touched her ears and felt her whole head, and seeing no changes in herself, she thought everything that happened earlier was just a dream.
"Lea-nim told me to take good care of Viviant-nim. You're hungry, right?"
Narim took the hand of Viviant, who was still dazed, and led her.
Viviant was led by Narim's hand and sat at the dining table.
"Just a moment. The cooking is almost done. I'll serve it right away."
Having confirmed through the Status Window that Narim was a true human without any impurities, Viviant did not suspect Narim much.
Instead, she looked around and kept thinking about where she was and what the situation was.
'It's not a dream. Lea wasn't a human. The Queen of Creatures wasn't Dagos, it was Lea. Wait, then what about the Orphanage?'
As countless thoughts flashed through her mind, the food Narim made was placed in front of Viviant.
Gulp.
"You must be very hungry, so please eat and keep your strength up. It's going to be very difficult for a while."
At the appetizing risotto and steak placed in front of her, Viviant immediately started eating ravenously.
There were many things she wanted to ask Narim, but perhaps because of the high energy consumption from the countless events that had occurred in just a few hours? She felt she couldn't endure without eating the food in front of her.
Narim's cooking skills, possessing the Unique Ability of Gourmet, were so delicious that even Viviant, who had eaten really delicious food in the Holy Kingdom, was surprised.
"Is it edible?"
Viviant, who came to her senses at Narim's question while eating ravenously, covered her mouth with her hand, swallowed all the food in her mouth, and said.
"I'm sorry. I was so hungry that I didn't realize. The food is really delicious... But where on earth is this place?"
"This is Lea-nim's bedroom."
"Lea-nim's bedroom..."
'As expected, this is the base of those monsters. I must eventually escape from here. To do that... I must get my body into the best condition.'
Mana and Holy Power don't just fill up on their own as time passes.
The body and mind must be healthy.
Just as the body heals itself, but that depends on one's condition, Mana and Holy Power are the same.
To get the body into the best condition, there must be energy in the body.
The method to replenish energy in the body is a simple method that everyone knows.
It's eating food.
Viviant focused on eating again.
"Narim-unni. I want food too."
"Okay. Wait a little bit."
While Viviant was focusing on eating, Yui, who had finished bathing in the bathroom, naturally sat at the table where Viviant was.
"Cough!"
Viviant, startled by Yui suddenly sitting next to her, had some of the risotto she was eating fly out of her mouth.
"Cough. Cough. H-how!"
Yui ignored Viviant's words.
Unless they were going to live here together. Because if the erosion takes over the brain, she's just a human who will be displayed in the Museum as a tool.
Viviant stared at Yui, who was ignoring her.
<Information>
Name: Yui
Race: Creature / Human
'That's the mage.'
The mage who attacked the Ners while casting body enhancement magic on them.
"Here you go."
"Thanks, Yui-unni. I'll eat well."
"Yeah. Tell me if you need more."
'The same food as me.'
Yui started eating the food Narim made deliciously.
Her appearance was no different from a human.
Yui, who was eating delicious food and wearing a happy smile, could absolutely not be seen as a creature.
'Do creatures also eat the same food as us humans? Or is it because she's human that she can eat it?'
Then, she suddenly realized that she hadn't done what she had been doing until now.
Viviant usually always used the Status Window on the food she ate, but this time, she was so mentally confused and hungry that she ate without even checking with the Status Window.
Viviant used the Status Window on the food she was eating.
<Information>
Food: Steak
A steak cooked by Kwak Narim.
<Ingredients>
Human thigh meat that was Viviant's Holy Knight, seasoning salt, pepper, herbs, butter, oil.
"Wuaaaaaaagh!!!"
As soon as Viviant confirmed that the steak she had been eating until just now was a steak made from her Holy Knight, she started vomiting what she had eaten.
"Damn it..."
Yui, who was eating deliciously, scowled at Viviant, who was vomiting.
"Ugh... Ugh!"
'I, the thing I ate and said was delicious, was my Holy Knight's meat?'
"Ah. Viviant-nim. What are you doing, vomiting?"
Narim felt a surge of annoyance at Viviant, who was vomiting after eating the food she had made.
Narim, who had already been living here for a long time, was in a state where she had changed a lot mentally.
It wasn't that her mind had changed due to erosion.
It was Narim who was more human than anyone else here.
But because she was so human, Narim's mind couldn't endure life here.
There are exactly two humans living in the Colony.
Erina and Narim.
Erina is mentally tough because she has been an adventurer for a long time.
But Narim is different.
She had lived an ordinary life on Earth, and in this world, unlike Earth.
Of course, it's not that she hadn't faced life-threatening crises, but even so, she had lived peacefully compared to other humans.
Therefore, it was impossible for Narim's mind to live in this Colony.
While preparing and cooking humans, witnessing countless humans dying right in front of her eyes, and being in this place teeming with monsters, it was impossible to maintain her sanity without going crazy.
Narim approached Viviant, who was vomiting the food she had made by hand.
"Ugh...!"
Narim grabbed the head of Viviant, who couldn't come to her senses.
And she forced Viviant's head into the bowl containing the remaining food and the vomit Viviant had thrown up.
Bang!
"Don't leave anything, eat it all. Even the vomit, everything. Lea-nim told me to make Viviant-nim healthy. So you have to lick it all up without missing a single bit. Got it?"